The 17x17 challenge. "Worth $289.00. This is not a joke."

Re:The 17x17 challenge. "Worth $289.00. This is not a joke." by RiderOfGiraffes on Monday November 30, 2009 @05:00PM (#968800)

The problem with that is knowing that you have the minimum. The good thing about the question as asked is that it's asking for something specific and not a proof of impossibility. Your question is legitimate and interesting, but requires a proof of minimality.

That's difficult.

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Re:The 17x17 challenge. "Worth $289.00. This is not a joke." by klipt on Monday November 30, 2009 @11:07PM (#969203)

A different question would be "who can come up with the smallest c in 6 months", which probably wouldn't yield the true answer, but for a $1M prize it might come quite close (and could lead to some interesting theoretical advancements).

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Re:The 17x17 challenge. "Worth $289.00. This is not a joke." by brent on Monday November 30, 2009 @07:40PM (#969016)

> That's difficult

Agreed, but that is why it would be worth $1M :-).

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